Thank you for your report. It might be coming from a good place, but you should stop giving gifts to cabin crew. It is not appropriate. In some instances it is highly inappropriate for employees of some companies to accept gifts. Yes, I'd love to hear more about this as I have actually been told th...
Jump to postMost of the majors have what are called interline agreements (most low cost carriers do not). It’s entirely possibly that Delta transferred bags to QANTAS for passengers even if the passengers weren’t ticketed straight through on Delta. For example, I’m thinking about taking the entire family to Ha...
Jump to postI’m not following your “where bags are tagged“ comment, because if someone was taking two separate flights, i.e. Chicago to LAX for example and then taking a Qantas flight from LAX to Brisbane. How would the first airline know that? That’s what I’m not getting. Most of the majors have what are call...
Jump to postTo put it simply, in your example, are the bags being claimed at LAX and then re-checked or not. If not, that would mean that Delta transfers the bags over to Qantas, which is how they would know. If you have to reclaim your bags and then check them again, that means having to go through security a...
Jump to postThank you for your report.
It might be coming from a good place, but you should stop giving gifts to cabin crew. It is not appropriate. In some instances it is highly inappropriate for employees of some companies to accept gifts.
What is DL doing that is pushing customers away? (Genuine q - from someone not in the US!) I believe DL's intention is to encourage you to invest in purchasing flights rather than solely accumulating points through credit card spending, and then redeeming those points for "complimentary" ...
Jump to postIt's seems incredible to me to pay several thousands for a seat and not expecting at least some good food. The bar is very low (for US airlines at least). (Not a reason to put his name on the no-flight list though) What??? Causing this diversion, delay, and expense and NO consequences? Over a meal?...
Jump to postWhat needs to be stamped out is the highway robbery airlines are charging for J & F and not providing the service consumers are paying for. The main goal is to get you safely to a destination. If it is just about getting you there safely, I suggest ripping the business class cabin out altogethe...
Jump to postThere is no guarantee that your preferred meal option will be available. United makes that clear, and has now recently rolled out an option to book a meal in advance on all widebody flights. I get there should be an expectation that you will get your first choice (in all my Polaris flights, I've al...
Jump to postThere is no guarantee that your preferred meal option will be available. United makes that clear, and has now recently rolled out an option to book a meal in advance on all widebody flights. I get there should be an expectation that you will get your first choice (in all my Polaris flights, I've al...
Jump to postYes, the ticket was expensive, but who flies for the meal? I’ve flown international F and J many times. I like the space and privacy. I never look forward to the meal service. My expectations for airline food is quite low regardless of how appealing the marketing department tries to make it. I alwa...
Jump to postTo be honest, if you are depending on airlines to provide "gourmet quality" meals in any class of service, then good luck (although admittedly some airlines are way better than others....I'm looking at you SQ). I recall airline meals being the butt of many jokes even in the recent past so...
Jump to postThe food in Polaris is basically inedible so the pax must have forgot to check out the Polaris lounge preflight. Yes, the ticket was expensive, but who flies for the meal? I’ve flown international F and J many times. I like the space and privacy. I never look forward to the meal service. My expecta...
Jump to postAt what price point for J and F is a pax' reasonable expectation supposed to be met? When the price charged is $4K, $10K, $16K, $20K? If the value prop you are touting includes the meals, seem reasonable that the company should cater to ensure that all choices are met. Otherwise stop charging people...
Jump to postWhilst we are on the subject of BGI, here are scheduled flights from Europe during the winter 2023-24 season. From LHR VS 11, BA 7 From LGW Z0 7, BA 5 From MAN VS 4, EI 3 From AMS KL 3 (AMS-BGI-POS-AMS) From FRA DE 2 (FRA-BGI-GND-FRA) Summary VS 15 BA 12 Z0 7 EI 3 KL 3 (shared with POS) DE 2 (share...
Jump to postTC957 wrote:Maybe A-net should have their own airline ranking awards. There's enough of us flying regularly to give a broad unbiased opinion in the various category sectors that Skytrax have.
I flew Singapore for the first time earlier this year. I was expecting much better from their business class. I flew from Singapore to Los Angeles and found the seat dated, cramped and very difficult to sleep on with a tiny footwell. The food was just OK…nothing special. I found myself wishing I ha...
Jump to postI flew Singapore for the first time earlier this year. I was expecting much better from their business class. I flew from Singapore to Los Angeles and found the seat dated, cramped and very difficult to sleep on with a tiny footwell. The food was just OK…nothing special. I found myself wishing I ha...
Jump to postShocked about Iberia moving up to 14. Last time I flew with them in business it was absolutely disgusting on the 332. Dirty filthy seats, didn't work properly and trash all over the place. Yes, I do not understand that ranking either. I would take Virgin Atlantic over Iberia any and every day. VS i...
Jump to postSQ has been named the world’s best airline in the Skytrax 2023 awards - world’s top five airlines as follows: 1. SQ 2. QR 3. NH 4. EK 5. JL SIA group did well in the low-cost category as well, with TR awarded as world’s best low cost long haul carrier. Source: https://www.worldairlineawards.com/ I ...
Jump to postAA have been doing this for a while. From my experience in 2019 (last time I flew AA), I was flying 2x a week for a few weeks and every flight my carry-on was gate checked. (not returned at the destination gate but at the carousel). This is annoying if you are in a hurry but baggage handling in the...
Jump to postVery big story just breaking in the UK: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/06/14/ryanair-chief-aidan-murray-sacked-sexual-harassment/ Opening paragraph reads: "Ryanair has sacked its chief pilot following an investigation by the airline into “pattern of repeated inappropriate and unacce...
Jump to postafter my morning routine of emails, news, airliners.net while signing out, the below article popped up on my msn page. how far could airlines go with this? will the industry be asked to implement it or will there be limits put in place to restrict? https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/columnist/20...
Jump to postPDEW to East/Southeast Asia is below: WAS - 501 BOS - 358 DFW - 325 IAD is the clear slam dunk among them. Can you share your source for these numbers? Confused how IAD can have such high numbers to East/Southeast Asia when they couldn’t even support daily CX service pre-COVID and CX used their sma...
Jump to postHad you ever felt a sonic boom before? Growing up in Tucson in the 1960s they weren't too uncommon, given our proximity to Davis-Monthan AFB, which back then had supersonic aircraft--F-100s, F-106s, and then F-4Cs. Every so often the USAF would reimburse a home or business owner for the replacement...
Jump to postAccording to a news site. Not all confirmed. An F-16 was scrambles out of Andrews AFB. Authorized sonic boom. Flares were used to get the pilots attention. No response 4 people were on board. The crash site has possibly been located near Montebello VA There were six Air National Guard F-16s scrambl...
Jump to postIt's that simple if you have a simple booking. However, if you've redeemed any Avios, booked through a codeshare partner, had connecting flights where one sector operated but another didn't, that is not a straight forward process and cannot be done without human intervention. Not everyone books a s...
Jump to postIt's that simple if you have a simple booking. However, if you've redeemed any Avios, booked through a codeshare partner, had connecting flights where one sector operated but another didn't, that is not a straight forward process and cannot be done without human intervention. Not everyone books a s...
Jump to postDid the US government force the closure of call centres through Federal legislation? No. The UK government did, more than once. That's why it was a lot easier for US carriers. What does a call center have to do with issuing of refunds? Call centers don't issue refunds as It's pretty much a computer...
Jump to postThey didn't really have the resources to throw at it when the government forcibly closed their Newcastle call centre due to lockdowns and then provided absolutely no support whatsoever. That said, $1.1m is such a token amount it appears it's just been done to be seen to be acting knowing full well ...
Jump to postThey didn't really have the resources to throw at it when the government forcibly closed their Newcastle call centre due to lockdowns and then provided absolutely no support whatsoever. That said, $1.1m is such a token amount it appears it's just been done to be seen to be acting knowing full well ...
Jump to postSo basically someone had to turn in an article to their editor... It would be nice though, if we had a third or fourth generation SST by now, that was traversing the globe economically. Perhaps AIs will figure it out.
Jump to postThat colour scheme will get dirty and grimy rather quickly. Looks good though.
Jump to postI have read the article and there's no information on what is meant by "premium seating". Does anyone know what this means? And no, I am not interested in the inane, tiring speculations for which this site is known. As someone already mentioned above, Delta currently classifies Comfort Pl...
Jump to postAs someone who has flown F many times (never on an upgrade), I just cannot understand how a PDB is so important that you need to make a case about it. As someone who enjoys a cocktail or two, if I get one before departure great. Otherwise, once we're in the air, I know that drink is still there - w...
Jump to postThe police should never be called to an airplane unless the passenger is being violent or making credible threats to be violent. Using "trespassing" as an excuse because someone is being a jerk is just an issue of power tripping. If the captain legitimately wants someone off the airplane,...
Jump to postI have read the article and there's no information on what is meant by "premium seating". Does anyone know what this means? And no, I am not interested in the inane, tiring speculations for which this site is known.
Jump to postUnless you are flying transcon, domestic first class is false advertising. it is anything but first class. Was he rebooked and did he get his pre departure drink on the next flight?
Jump to postArion640 wrote:seat1a wrote:skipness1E wrote:They flew it for years via HKG.
Was thinking if they would do it nonstop.
More chance of LHR-PER
AA attempted something similar with me the last time I flew them in late 2019 on my way to Qatar. They switched my business class seat from a window to aisle right by the galley. I was not having any of that mess. Unlike you, I noticed they did it a week before my scheduled departure. When I called...
Jump to postNY Area to FCO at peak will be 11 Daily Flights. Only 11? Why not 15, or 20? Only 11? I would say 11 daily flights is quite impressive. Amsterdam Airport is bigger, busier and over 600 miles closer to the New York area than Rome Airport, but for some reason has 'only' six daily flights to New York ...
Jump to postDeltaMD95 wrote:Can’t wait for the finished A339 product. Certainly will be a beautiful looking airplane.
Business class fares are so high right now which makes this completely absurd. I paid $11k for a long haul flight to LHR recently and would have been pissed if I couldn’t select a seat. Right? They haven't implemented it yet (at least in the US, it was first announced on their New Zealand site, of ...
Jump to postGood luck to AA on any route it decides to operate, but why would anyone fly AA instead of SQ except for miles loyalist. Interesting
Jump to postzeke wrote:Sounds like a good idea, and I guess the US will then pay those airlines the compensation owed from their direction.
I am sorry but the disruption to US airlines are a drop in the bucket to their overall business. If the US stopped all foreign airlines from flying over Russia, many nonstops would end. For instance you wouldn’t be able to fly nonstop US to BOM/BLR or from the west coast to DEL. What good is achiev...
Jump to postWhat melodrama from so many of you. It is the USA and its rules. If you don't want to abide by them it's quite simple do not fly here. Let's see who that affects more. I'll tell you this - it won't be the USA.
Jump to postSeems to me, we are sanctioning ourselves and hurting companies and consumers by all the various restrictions. Increasing flight times, making flight operations less financially viable, and causing a rise in air fares simply goes to hurt the traveling public and all the other ramifications from emp...
Jump to postChangeup2000 wrote:Passengers from China, India, and the Gulf Coast nations will suffer. We are suddenly going back to the Cold War era now.